org.castor.cpa.jpa.info
Class ClassInfoBuilder

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.cpa.jpa.info.ClassInfoBuilder

public final class ClassInfoBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

Uses a JPA annotated Class to build a ClassInfo and FieldInfos of it and parse the mapping information in them.

Since:

1.3

Author:

Peter Schmidt

Method Summary

static ClassInfo

buildClassInfo(java.lang.Class<?> type) Builds a new ClassInfo describing the given Class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

buildClassInfo

public static ClassInfo buildClassInfo(java.lang.Class<?> type)
                                throws MappingException

Builds a new ClassInfo describing the given Class. Annotations for the class and its fields are read using the TargetAwareAnnotationProcessingServices defined by #setClassAnnotationProcessingService(TargetAwareAnnotationProcessingService) and #setFieldAnnotationProcessingService(TargetAwareAnnotationProcessingService) . The information is stored in the ClassInfo and its related FieldInfos.

Parameters:

type - The Class Object representing the Class that shall be described.

Returns:

a new ClassInfo describing the given Class or null if the given type was not describable.

Throws:

MappingException - if annotation placement is invalid (field and property access for the same field) or if composite keys are used!